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candlestick telephones

candlestick telephones is the plural of candlestick telephone.

Meaning of candlestick telephone

Noun

candlestick telephone (plural candlestick telephones)

  1. (historical) An early style of telephone with a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of its stand, and a receiver that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook protruding to the side of the stand, thereby disconnecting the audio circuit from the network.

Questions about candlestick telephones

What is candlestick telephones the plural of?
Candlestick telephones is the plural of candlestick telephone.

Words near candlestick telephones in the dictionary

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  2. candlestick patterns
  3. candlestick phone
  4. candlestick phones
  5. candlestick telephone
  6. candlestick telephones
  7. candlesticked
  8. candlesticking
  9. candlesticklike
  10. candlesticks
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